Opinion

Tragic circus The greatest insult to the families of the Dec. 14 Newtown shooting victims would be to enact laws so laughably ignorant and wrong-headed, they turn the whole process into a macabre joke. Delivering just such an insult Wednesday was Sen. Edward Meyer, D-Guilford, who offered a bill making it a Class C felony to buy, sell, donate, transport, possess or fire "any gun except one made to fire a single round." The same rule would apply to clips. In one fell swoop, this bill seeks to erase 400 years of firearm technology and would render legal guns virtually useless as a means of personal protection. We look forward with trepidation to the first time a woman is slapped with felony charges for dropping her would-be rapist with a few well-placed rounds from a 50-year-old revolver. It's amazing to behold how quickly liberals can turn a legislative opportunity, born in tragedy, into a circus.

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